A TO Z EXCUSES FOR BEING LATE

As humans, we are constantly looking for excuses to justify our wrong actions. This is no different when it comes to being late. Here are some of the most common excuses for being late, and why they’re not valid.

“I’m sorry I’m late, I got stuck in traffic.”
This is one of the most common excuses for being late. The problem with this excuse is that it’s often not true. In a study by Harvard professor Daniel Gilbert, it was found that only 18% of people who use this excuse are actually stuck in traffic. The rest are lying or exaggerating.
“I’m sorry I’m late, my alarm didn’t go off.”
This is another common excuse for being late. The problem with this excuse is that it’s often not true either.

A TO Z EXCUSES FOR BEING LATE

Top Excuses for Being Late:

Weather
Traffic
Oversleeping
Illness

Reason to Be Late That Start With A:

Asystole
Attacking Apples
Accident
Apathy
Aunt Died
Alarm Clock
Ate Bad Food
Asthma Attack
Arthritis
Assemblage
Alarm

Reason to Be Late That Start With B:

Basement Flooded
Bus Accident
Bedridden
Baby Sick
Bored
Bus Late
Bathroom
Busy
Bear Attack
Bad Traffic

Reason to Be Late That Start With C:

Crazy Traffic
Car Accident
Child Sick
Car Crash
Chores
Caught Cancer
Captured
Car Problems
Car Broke
Cold
Coma
Cat Died

Reason to Be Late That Start With D:

Delayed
Dumb
Dinner
Death
Doing Homework
Dancing
Dentist
Distracted
Doctor Appointment

Reason to Be Late That Start With E:

Ear Infection
Eating
Exhausted
Eye Hurts
Epidemic
Excercise
Eloped
Errands
Extra Traffic
Exercising
Emotions

Reason to Be Late That Start With F:

Filthy
Felt Sick
Fell Asleep
Fever
Friend Died
Falling Ove
Forgot
Fatigued
Flat Tire
Flunking

Reason to Be Late That Start With G:

Good Sleep
Got Lost
Got Sick
Gas Leak
Groceries
Gagging
Goofballs
Gambling
Ghouls
Gardening
Gang Fight

Reason to Be Late That Start With H:

Held Up
Headache
Hiccups
Hate Work
Hernia
Hospital Visit
Hippies
House Fire
Heart Attack
Headache
Hungry

Reason to Be Late That Start With I:

Illness
Interview
In Traffic
Influenza

Reason to Be Late That Start With J:

Jousting
Joking
Jinxed
Jogging
Jammed
Jail
Just Forgot
Juiced
Jail Visit
Jittery

Reason to Be Late That Start With K:

Knee Injury
Knocked Ou
Kidnapped
Keys Lost
Kids Sick
Killer Traffic
Knife Fight
Karate Class

Reason to Be Late That Start With L:

Left Late
Long Line
Late Sleep
Late Train
Lunch
Laziness
Late Bus
Long Traffic

Reason to Be Late That Start With M:

Maternal
Makeup
Money
Menopause
Making Bed
Migrane
Menophilia
Missed Bus
Mom Called

Reason to Be Late That Start With N:

No Gas
Noise
Not Ready
Not Caring
Nausea
Nap
No Water

Reason to Be Late That Start With O:

Over Slept
Oil Spill
Overslept
Out Sick
Operation
Out Late

Reason to Be Late That Start With P:

Plane Crash
Prison
Pregnant
Pain
Party
Police
Period Pain

Reason to Be Late That Start With Q:

Quicksand
Queer
Quiz
Quit School
Quarentine
Questioning

Reason to Be Late That Start With R:

Road Traffic
Red Lights
Reading
Ran Away
Rabeys
Road Closure,
Runs
Resurrected
Raining
Roadwork

Reason to Be Late That Start With S:

Slow Traffic
Stop Sign
Sleeping
Snoozing
Sick
Subway
Slept in
Stolen Car
Snow

Reason to Be Late That Start With T:

Tornado
Truant
Train Wreck
Traffic
Traffic Jam
Tardy
Tore Pants
Tooth Ache
Tagged
Tax Audit
Tizzy
Trafico
Time

Reason to Be Late That Start With U:

Urinate
Unprepared
Upset
Unmotivated
Under Attack

Reason to Be Late That Start With V:

Valium
Very Sleepy
Van Crash
Voting
Vertigo
Very Drunk
Viagra
Vanished

Reason to Be Late That Start With W:

Wrong Turn
Weather
Walked
Wedding
Wasted
Working

Reason to Be Late That Start With Y:

Yoga
Yeti Attack.
Yard Work
Yellow Fever

Reason to Be Late That Start With Z:

Zipper
Zipper Stuck
Zumba